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To: jboot
"Tolerance for recoil is difficult to predict and isn't always related to build or sex."

Agree. And that reminds me to mention that it's best to start shooting with a low recoil gun to learn safety and accuracy first.

My step dad started me at 10 years old with a 12 GA Browning semiauto skeet gun that kicked like an Army mule. I developed a flinch because of the kick. Some smart instructors would load my gun with duds to see how smooth my action was - almost always reacted to whatever punishment I thought I'd take from the gun (but managed to still hit my target with a real bullet somehow).

76 posted on 01/08/2013 1:01:26 PM PST by uncommonsense (Conservatives believe what they see; Liberals see what they believe.)
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To: uncommonsense

My granddad started me shooting on an 12 GA LC Smith double. The first time I fired it I pulled both triggers at once. Knocked me down and blew the rotten squash I was aiming at into atoms. I was hooked for life.


102 posted on 01/08/2013 6:36:43 PM PST by jboot (This isn't your father's America. Stay safe and keep your powder dry.)
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